How to download old Backup, to my new external one?

Question

Hi!&nbsp;Few days ago my MacBook and external drives were stolen. Luckily I had a dropbox backup of this stolen external drive. It contained all my pictures (1,5 TB).&nbsp;Now I have a new MacBook and a new external drive, but I can't figure what the best way is to get my dropbox backup files to the external drive. Do I neem to download it first to my Mac and then copy it to the exernal drive? I'm trying this, but it seems that the backup (of subfolders of the backup) or too big to download on Mac.&nbsp;Any help on how to do this?&nbsp;

Megan · Answer

Hi there, DieterFleurackers, let's jump right into this!&nbsp;
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Just to clarify: have you tried downloading the entire external drive Backup, or just some folders from there?&nbsp;
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If the entire content of the Backup was 1.5TB then it'd be better if you broke that into smaller batches, if you're trying to download the content from our website.&nbsp;
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Also, do you have our desktop app, installed on the new Mac?&nbsp;
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Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

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